Today’s guest blog is written by Ian Widdows. Ian transitioned from a successful 28-year career in teaching to academia and…
Working with Your Supervisor to Manage Your Project
A post by guest blogger Beverley Thomas, doctoral researcher in the School of English, at the University of Sheffield A…
Organising a symposium?
It’s that time of year when we start organising the Engineering Researcher Symposium. As usual we use our tried and…
Do you have a career plan?
As Sheffield University’s new Careers and Employability Consultant for Researchers, my role is to support researchers across the university to…
Researcher Led 5. ScHARR ECR Celebration and Networking Lunch, Jennifer Read and Jen Lewis
The Think Ahead Team offered researchers from the University of Sheffield the opportunity to apply for funding to organise and…
Outreach?! Are you crazy?!!
This post has been written by Dr Gilda Lopes, Post-doctoral Associate Researcher in the School of Biosciences. Facing the public…
International Women’s Day 2023!
We are just a few days away from celebrating International Women’s Day! Haven’t heard of International Women’s Day? Simply put,…
Nail down your write-up: how to do your CR report
There’s always a lot of questions flying around about confirmation reviews. Whether you’re worrying who your reviewers will be, what…
Beating (or, at least, fighting) procrastination: Pro-tips from a Pro-crastinator.
During a workshop about time and project management last week, I was talking with researchers about procrastination – how insidious…
Do you want to be recognised for your leadership?
To develop their careers, researchers need to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours involved in leading a research team, supervising PhD researchers, managing stakeholders and building their own research area and expertise.